Grade Separation details 9 points at which highway systems cross the Los Angeles River. Part of a multi-year study of rivers and highways, the work is composed of 9 cut steel frames presented on a slotted acrylic base atop graded concrete blocks. The materials relate directly to urban infrastructure, while the grade refers directly to the engineering methodology of aligning junctions at different heights to enable steady traffic flow. The varying ultra-fine line weights and reflections on the mirror-finish facade dance in and out of one another’s frame, presenting a lyrical and organic vision of brutalist urban infrastructure. The work highlights the fact that many highway intersections occur where tributaries flow into the river, proving that infrastructure often unknowingly begins with nature.

Drawn from pages of a current Thomas Guide, the work examines the relationship between nature, the built environment and the forced infrastructure of the channelized Los Angeles River.

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Grade Seperation
Steel, acrylic, concrete
57x17x34.5in
2018/21

Grade Separation details 9 points at which highway systems cross the Los Angeles River. Part of a multi-year study of rivers and highways, the work is composed of 9 cut steel frames presented on a slotted acrylic base atop graded concrete blocks. The materials relate directly to urban infrastructure, while the grade refers directly to the engineering methodology of aligning junctions at different heights to enable steady traffic flow. The varying ultra-fine line weights and reflections on the mirror-finish facade dance in and out of one another’s frame, presenting a lyrical and organic vision of brutalist urban infrastructure. The work highlights the fact that many highway intersections occur where tributaries flow into the river, proving that infrastructure often unknowingly begins with nature.

Drawn from pages of a current Thomas Guide, the work examines the relationship between nature, the built environment and the forced infrastructure of the channelized Los Angeles River.

Click on images below to view full screen.

Grade Seperation
Steel, acrylic, concrete
57x17x34.5in
2018/21

Grade Separation details 9 points at which highway systems cross the Los Angeles River. Part of a multi-year study of rivers and highways, the work is composed of 9 cut steel frames presented on a slotted acrylic base atop graded concrete blocks. The materials relate directly to urban infrastructure, while the grade refers directly to the engineering methodology of aligning junctions at different heights to enable steady traffic flow. The varying ultra-fine line weights and reflections on the mirror-finish facade dance in and out of one another’s frame, presenting a lyrical and organic vision of brutalist urban infrastructure. The work highlights the fact that many highway intersections occur where tributaries flow into the river, proving that infrastructure often unknowingly begins with nature.

Drawn from pages of a current Thomas Guide, the work examines the relationship between nature, the built environment and the forced infrastructure of the channelized Los Angeles River.

Click on images below to view full screen.

Grade Seperation
Steel, acrylic, concrete
57x17x34.5in
2018/21

Grade Separation details 9 points at which highway systems cross the Los Angeles River. Part of a multi-year study of rivers and highways, the work is composed of 9 cut steel frames presented on a slotted acrylic base atop graded concrete blocks. The materials relate directly to urban infrastructure, while the grade refers directly to the engineering methodology of aligning junctions at different heights to enable steady traffic flow. The varying ultra-fine line weights and reflections on the mirror-finish facade dance in and out of one another’s frame, presenting a lyrical and organic vision of brutalist urban infrastructure. The work highlights the fact that many highway intersections occur where tributaries flow into the river, proving that infrastructure often unknowingly begins with nature.

Drawn from pages of a current Thomas Guide, the work examines the relationship between nature, the built environment and the forced infrastructure of the channelized Los Angeles River.

Click on images below to view full screen.

Grade Seperation
Steel, acrylic, concrete
57x17x34.5in
2018/21

Grade Separation details 9 points at which highway systems cross the Los Angeles River. Part of a multi-year study of rivers and highways, the work is composed of 9 cut steel frames presented on a slotted acrylic base atop graded concrete blocks. The materials relate directly to urban infrastructure, while the grade refers directly to the engineering methodology of aligning junctions at different heights to enable steady traffic flow. The varying ultra-fine line weights and reflections on the mirror-finish facade dance in and out of one another’s frame, presenting a lyrical and organic vision of brutalist urban infrastructure. The work highlights the fact that many highway intersections occur where tributaries flow into the river, proving that infrastructure often unknowingly begins with nature.

Drawn from pages of a current Thomas Guide, the work examines the relationship between nature, the built environment and the forced infrastructure of the channelized Los Angeles River.

Click on images below to view full screen.

Grade Seperation
Steel, acrylic, concrete
57x17x34.5in
2018/21